OUTPATIENT SOCIAL SKILLS TRAINING TO AMPLIFY POSITIVE GAINS FOR DISTRESSED

这个子项目是许多利用 由NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源。子项目和 研究者（PI）可能从另一个NIH来源获得了主要资金， 因此可在其他CRISP条目中表示。所列机构为 研究中心，而研究中心不一定是研究者所在的机构。 我们对儿童时期烧伤的年轻人的研究的最新数据表明，烧伤幸存者最重要的长期残疾是心理上的。 换句话说，他们所面临的社会和情感挑战似乎会发展成长期的焦虑，对新的社会环境的恐惧，以及自尊心的下降。 目前的研究旨在（1）看看以前关于社交技能培训计划的研究的积极结果是否会再次发挥作用，以及（2）测试是否可以通过将格式从“密集”修改为“门诊”来保持或放大以前的积极结果，因为“门诊”格式成本较低，更接近大多数医疗机构的常规临床时间表。 我们将“随机”分配受试者接受或不接受社交技能干预。 对于接受社交技能干预的人，他们将进一步分为两类小组，这两类小组的内容相同，并将在四天内进行。 然而，第一种类型的小组（"密集"）将连续四天进行（例如， 星期五至星期一）和第二类小组（"门诊"）将在连续四个星期六举行。 在这项研究完成后，我们期望描述一种有效且相对便宜的干预措施。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. Recent data from our study of young adults burned as children indicate that the most important long-term disabilities for burn survivors are psychological in nature. In other words, the social and emotional challenges they face seem to develop into long-lasting anxieties, fear of new social settings, and decreased self-esteem. The current study aims to (1) see if the positive findings from a previous study about a social skills training program will work again, and (2) test whether or not the previous positive findings can be maintained or amplified by modifying the format from "intensive" to "outpatient", as an "outpatient" format is less costly and more closely resembles the usual clinical schedule for most healthcare facilities. We will "randomly" assign subjects to either receive the social skills intervention or not. For the ones who receive the social skills intervention, they will be further divided into two types of groups, both of which will have the same content and will take place over the course of four days. However, the first type of group ("intensive") will take place over four days in a row (e.g., Friday to Monday) and the second type of group ("outpatient") will take place over four Saturdays in a row. At the completion of this study, we anticipate describing an efficient and relatively inexpensive intervention.